Nonfuel Mineral Commodities--Production, Foreign Trade, and Price

Preliminary estimates for 1998.

				1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Nonfuel Mineral Commodities--Production, Foreign Trade, and Price
(z\\r02)	Metric Tons	Average Price		200²⁸	(NA)⁶	462^{8, 38}
		Consumption				(D)¹⁰
		Employment		(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				419	320.00^{8, 38}
			Consumption	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰
			Consumption Apparent				(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰
			Employment (number)				(NA)⁶	0
			Exports	18,587	23,600	24,444	30,958	28,356
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰
			production	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰
			Production				(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰
Aluminum	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		0.65⁹	0.85⁹	0.713⁸
		Consumption				6,620
		Employment		21,100	21,500	18,200
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				0.75⁹	65.5⁹
			Consumption	7,300	6,500
			Consumption Apparent				6,900	7,090
			Employment (number)				18,000	18,200⁸
			Exports	1,300	1,700	1,500	1,570	1,590
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	31	25	22	23	27
			production	5,000	4,950	5,147
			Production				5,133	3,713
Antimony (contained)	Metric Tons³	Average Price		1.60⁹	2.40⁹	1.47⁸
		Consumption				45,000
		Employment		100	100	100
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				1.10⁹	72⁹
			Consumption	45,000	50,200
			Consumption Apparent				(NA)⁶	4,270
			Employment (number)				100	80⁸
			Exports	4,000	2,600	4,450³	4,500	4,170
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	62	60	82	(NA)⁶	81
			production	37,000³	43,000	33,600
			Production				31,000	242³
Asbestos	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		531⁸	(D)^{8, 10}	(D)^{8, 10}
		Consumption				22
		Employment		(NA)⁶	30	30
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰
			Consumption	28	24
			Consumption Apparent				21	16
			Employment (number)				30	30⁸
			Exports	21	13	15	13	3
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	95	46	32	38	6
			production	10	9	10
			Production				9	6
Barite	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		38⁸	41.00⁸	22.21⁸
		Consumption				2,170
		Employment		350	400	350
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				25.00⁸	22.70⁸
			Consumption	1,450	1,710
			Consumption Apparent				2,435	2,340
			Employment (number)				380	410
			Exports	10	20	31	35	15
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	82	65	70	71	80
			production	340	600	662
			Production				700	476
Bauxite And Alumina	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		15-18⁸	15-18⁸	27.00⁸
		Consumption				4,360
		Employment		35	20	(NA)⁶
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				27.00⁸	23.00⁸
			Consumption	3,500	4,000
			Consumption Apparent				4,300	5,000
			Employment (number)				(NA)⁶	0
			Exports	1,150	130	1,072	1,300	1,500
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	99	99	100	100	100
			production	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰	(NA)⁶
			Production				(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
Beryllium (contained)	Metric Tons	Average Price		225^{9, 11}	275.00^{9, 11}	327^{9, 11}
		Consumption				197
		Employment		425	425	425
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				327^{9, 11}	327.00^{9, 11}
			Consumption	191	200
			Consumption Apparent				240	260
			Employment (number)				425	25
			Exports	20	55	57	40	60
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}				4	8
			production	200	225	211
			Production				231	243
Bismuth (contained)	Metric Tons	Average Price		3.25⁹	3.75⁹	3.65⁹
		Consumption				NA
		Employment		30	30	30
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				3.50⁹	3.60⁹
			Consumption	1,500¹	1,500³²
			Consumption Apparent				NA	(NA)⁶
			Employment (number)				30	0
			Exports	140	120	151	206	245
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰	100
			production	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰
			Production				(D)¹⁰	0
Bromine (contained)	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		36.2¹³	88.00¹³	66.000^{12, 13}
		Consumption				225
		Employment		1,600	1,700	1,700
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				80.2^{12, 13}	70.00^{12, 13}
			Consumption	287	206
			Consumption Apparent				244	235
			Employment (number)				1,700	1,700
			Exports	20	25	17	14	12
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	0⁷				0
			production	197	211	227
			Production				247	230
Cadmium (contained)	Metric Tons³	Average Price		1.03⁹	1.84^{9, 14}	1.24^{9, 14}
		Consumption				2,250
		Employment		140	125	145
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				0.51^{9, 14}	0.28^{9, 14}
			Consumption	2,020	1,600
			Consumption Apparent				2,510	2,350
			Employment (number)				150	140
			Exports	490	1,050	201³	554	606
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	50	21	32	16	20
			production	1,000³	1,300	1,530
			Production				2,060	1,880³
Cement	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		56.22⁹	62.00	71.19⁸
		Consumption				90,354
		Employment		18,000	18,000	17,900
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				73.49⁸	76.46⁸
			Consumption	90,492	92,000
			Consumption Apparent				96,018	102,457
			Employment (number)				17,900	17,900
			Exports	599	600	803	791	743
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	12	17	12	14	19
			production	80,007	77,000	79,266
			Production				82,582	83,931
Chromium	1,000 Metric Tons⁴	Average Price		110⁹	230.00^{8, 15}	225^{8, 15}
		Consumption				467
		Employment		(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				180^{8, 15}	145.00^{8, 15}
			Consumption	387	537
			Consumption Apparent				488	531
			Employment (number)				(NA)⁶	0
			Exports	28	13	51⁴	30	62
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	75	78	79	75	80
			production	91⁴	117	98
			Production				120	105⁴
Clays	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		(NA)^{6, 8}	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
		Consumption				38,300
		Employment		11,000	13,900	13,900
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
			Consumption	37,900	42,100
			Consumption Apparent				36,800	36,500
			Employment (number)				13,900	13,700
			Exports	4,400	4,510	4,830	5,080	5,230
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}
			production	42,300	46,600	43,100
			Production				41,800	41,600
Cobalt (contained)	Metric Tons⁴	Average Price		25.00⁸	28.70⁹	25.50⁹
		Consumption				8,810
		Employment		(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				23.00⁹	21.43⁹
			Consumption	7,800	8,400
			Consumption Apparent				9,200	11,500
			Employment (number)				(NA)⁶	0
			Exports	1,300	1,400	1,660⁴	1,700	1,680
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	79	82	81	78	73
			production	1,600⁴	1,500	1,670
			Production				2,000	0⁴
Columbium (contained)	Metric Tons	Average Price⁵				3.00^{9, 16}
		Consumption				3,800
		Employment				(NA)⁶
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				3.00^{9, 16}
			Consumption Apparent				3,900
			Employment (number)				(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
			Exports			190	75
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}			100	100
			production			0
			Production				0
Content)	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		324^{8, 12}	294.00^{8, 12}	375^{8, 32}
		Consumption				234
		Employment		900	900	900
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				340^{8, 32}	340.00^{8, 32}
			Consumption	362	287
			Consumption Apparent				483	412
			Employment (number)				900	900
			Exports	550	230	423	565	106
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}
			production	560	602	581
			Production				604	587
Copper (mine, Recoverable)	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		1.08^{9, 11}	137.00⁹	1.09⁹
		Consumption				2,830
		Employment		13,500	13	13,200
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				1.08⁹	(NA)⁶
			Consumption	2,800	2,570
			Consumption Apparent				2,830	3,010
			Employment (number)				13,300	13
			Exports	680	850	683	670	(NA)⁶
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	14	6	14	12	14
			production	2,380	1,890	1,920
			Production				1,920	1,860
Diamond (industrial)	Million Carats	Average Price		0.62⁹	0.46¹⁷	0.46¹⁷
		Consumption				245
		Employment		(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				0.44¹⁷	0.44¹⁷
			Consumption	181	222
			Consumption Apparent				244	267
			Employment (number)				(NA)⁶	0
			Exports	110	120	111	139	104
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	17	36	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	90
			production	149.1	141.1	134
			Production				135	(NA)⁶
Diatomite	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		272^{8, 12}	259.00⁸	252⁸
		Consumption				555
		Employment		1,000	1,000	1,000
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				252⁸	248.00⁸
			Consumption	494	525
			Consumption Apparent				561	589
			Employment (number)				1,000	1,000
			Exports	104	145	143	144	138
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}
			production	596	670	698
			Production				705	725
Equivalent)	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		128³⁶	135.00^{8, 30}	133^{8, 24}
		Consumption				5,890
		Employment		1,655	1,740	1,690
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				140	145.00^{8, 24}
			Consumption	5,390	5,670
			Consumption Apparent				6,500	5,700
			Employment (number)				1,650	1,510
			Exports	400	450	481	466	480
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	74	74	77	80	80
			production	1,425	1,460	1,390
			Production				1,400	1,300
Feldspar	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		41.00¹³	41.56⁸	44.27⁸
		Consumption				887
		Employment		400	400	400
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				45.09⁸	49.76⁸
			Consumption	738	761
			Consumption Apparent				931	814
			Employment (number)				400	400
			Exports	12	17	10	8	13
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}				0⁷
			production	740	770	890
			Production				930	820
Fluorspar	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		(NA)^{6, 9, 14}	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
		Consumption				711
		Employment		180	180	5
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
			Consumption	455	603
			Consumption Apparent				609	572
			Employment (number)				0⁷	0
			Exports	20	52	62	60	44
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	88	92	99	100	100
			production	170	150	119
			Production				121	(NA)⁶
Garnet (industrial)	Metric Tons	Average Price		100-2000^{8, 15}	85-1500	50-2,000⁸
		Consumption				51,500
		Employment		160	180	210
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				50-2,000⁸	Range 50-2000⁸
			Consumption	50,400	44,900
			Consumption Apparent				59,000	39,900
			Employment (number)				250	230
			Exports	10,000	7,260	13,000	13,000	12,000
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}
			production	46,500	53,300	68,200
			Production				71,000	74,000
Gemstones	Million Dollars	Average Price		(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
		Consumption				4,570
		Employment		1,000	850	800
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				(NA)⁶
			Consumption	3,536	4,110
			Consumption Apparent				5,370
			Employment (number)				800
			Exports	1,550	2,510	2,660	2,700
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	98	98	98	99
			production	66.3	99.9	70
			Production				67
Germanium (contained)	Kilograms	Average Price		1,060⁹	1375.00³⁹	2,000^{12, 18}
		Consumption				25,000
		Employment		100	110	120
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				1,475^{12, 18}	(NA)⁶
			Consumption	25,000¹	25,000³²
			Consumption Apparent				30,000	(NA)⁶
			Employment (number)				115	100
			Exports	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
			production	10,000	10,000	18,000
			Production				20,000	22,000
Gold (contained)	Metric Tons	Average Price		389.00^{9, 16}	385.00¹⁸	389¹⁹
		Consumption				(NA)⁶
		Employment		13,500	13,900	14,900
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				325¹⁹	295.00¹⁹
			Consumption	310	(NA)⁶
			Consumption Apparent				(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
			Employment (number)				14,000	13,400
			Exports	140	365	471	550	522
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}
			production	330	320	318
			Production				325	366
Graphite (crude)	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		603⁹	635.00^{8, 19}	699^{8, 20}
		Consumption				27
		Employment		0⁷	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				716^{8, 20}
			Consumption	40	30
			Consumption Apparent				28
			Employment (number)				(NA)⁶
			Exports	19	30	26	27
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	100	100	100	100
			production	0	(NA)⁶	0
			Production				0
Gypsum, Crude	1,000 Short Tons	Average Price		6.80¹⁷	6.80⁸	7.10⁸
		Consumption				26,500
		Employment		6,700	6,700^{1, 12}	6,300
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				7.10⁸	7.20⁸
			Consumption	2,600	25,900
			Consumption Apparent				26,300	30,500
			Employment (number)				6,000	6,000
			Exports	100	110	136	200	19,000
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	30	30	29	30	28
			production	17,300	17,300	17,500
			Production				17,000	(NA)⁶
Iodine	Metric Tons	Average Price		7.13⁸	9.32⁴⁰	12.99^{12, 33}
		Consumption				3,700
		Employment		35	35	40
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				14.60^{12, 33}	16.45^{12, 33}
			Consumption	4,800	4,800
			Consumption Apparent				3,700	4,950
			Employment (number)				40	40
			Exports	1,000	1,300	2,380	2,400	1,490
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	58	62	66	65	2,790
			production	2,000	1,800	1,270
			Production				1,330	(NA)⁶
Iron And Steel Scrap (metal)	Million metric tons	Average Price		125.00	130.00	126.02^{8, 34}
		Consumption				72
		Employment		40,000	37,000	37,000
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				124.00^{8, 34}
			Consumption	69.6	74
			Consumption Apparent				70
			Employment (number)				38,000
			Exports	8.3	10.4	9.1	9
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}
			production	76.4	83	77
			Production				78
Iron And Steel Slag (metal)	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		6.70	7.33⁸	6.90⁸
		Consumption				20,800
		Employment		2,500	2,500	2,500
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				7.00⁸	8.00⁸
			Consumption	19,000¹	21,000³²
			Consumption Apparent				21,400	19,000
			Employment (number)				2,500	2,700
			Exports	4	4	3	3	10
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	1	1	1	1	4
			production	19,000	21,000	20,500
			Production				21,000	18,400
Iron Ore (usable)	Million metric tons	Average Price		72.5-74.0	72.5-74.0³³	30.76
		Consumption				72.0
		Employment		7,000	7,000	7,400
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				30.41	31.14
			Consumption	69.3	75.3
			Consumption Apparent				74	71
			Employment (number)				7,500	7,290
			Exports	4.0	5	6.3	5	6
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	18	18	14	15	12
			production	57.0	62	62.1
			Production				62	63
Lead (contained)	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		36.3	42.00³⁴	0.488⁹
		Consumption				1,660
		Employment		1,500	1,900	1,200
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				0.470⁹	45.30⁹
			Consumption	1,500	1,450
			Consumption Apparent				1,660	1,700
			Employment (number)				1,200
			Exports	30	10	60	30	72
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	17	15	16	14	18
			production	365	390	436
			Production				450	(NA)⁶
Lime	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		57.50³⁹	62.70⁸	56.68⁸
		Consumption				19,300
		Employment		5,500	5,500	5,600
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				55.40⁸	(NA)⁶
			Consumption	17,400	18,700
			Consumption Apparent				19,500	20,300
			Employment (number)				5,700	5,600
			Exports	80	75	50	58	56
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}		1	1	1	1
			production	17,300	18,500	19,100
			Production				19,300	20,100
Magnesium Compounds	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		(NA)^{6, 18}	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
		Consumption				563
		Employment		600	600	600
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
			Consumption	600	600
			Consumption Apparent				595	661
			Employment (number)				600	600
			Exports	50	50	66	55	49
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	37	50	31	33	45
			production	380	300	389
			Production				400	366
Magnesium Metal	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		1.48-1.53^{8, 19}	2.10²¹	1.75^{9, 21}
		Consumption				162
		Employment		1,400	1,400	1,400
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				1.65^{9, 21}	(NA)⁶
			Consumption	152	167
			Consumption Apparent				166	185
			Employment (number)				1,400	800
			Exports	48	37	41	40	35
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}				10	25
			production	194	200	204
			Production				190	(NA)⁶
Manganese (gross Weight)	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		2.40⁸	2.40²²	2.55^{8, 35}
		Consumption				776
		Employment		(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				2.44^{8, 35}
			Consumption	695³⁵	710³⁵
			Consumption Apparent				715
			Employment (number)				(NA)⁶
			Exports	23	22	42	63
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	100	100	100	100
			production	0	(NA)⁶	0
			Production				0
Mercury	Metric Tons⁴	Average Price		180.00⁴¹	250.00³⁶	261.65²²
		Consumption				(D)¹⁰
		Employment		(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				159.52²²	139.84²²
			Consumption	550¹	480
			Consumption Apparent				(D)¹⁰	(NA)⁶
			Employment (number)				(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
			Exports	400	220	45⁴	60	63
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰	(NA)⁶
			production	400⁴	450	446
			Production				389	(NA)^{6, 4}
Mica, Scrap And Flake	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		51⁴⁰	65.00⁸	81.00⁸
		Consumption				107
		Employment		80	360	(NA)⁶
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				83.00⁸	87.00⁸
			Consumption	111	100
			Consumption Apparent				122	137
			Employment (number)				347	367
			Exports	6	7	8	8	8
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	14	10	4	9	24
			production	96	104	97
			Production				114	87
Molybdenum (contained)	Metric Tons	Average Price		7.70³³	5.00²³	8.30¹²
		Consumption				12,300
		Employment		700	700	800
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				8.50¹²	5.90¹²
			Consumption	18,000	29,000
			Consumption Apparent				11,700	24,500
			Employment (number)				700	600
			Exports	30,000	40,000	49,600	50,000	46,300
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}
			production	40,000	59,000	54,900
			Production				60,900	53,300
Nickel (contained)	Metric Tons	Average Price		6,089	8,245²⁴	7,501^{9, 8, 32}
		Consumption				147,000
		Employment		2	15	8
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				6,927^{9, 8, 32}	4630.00^{9, 42}
			Consumption	131,000	159,000
			Consumption Apparent				154,000	149,000
			Employment (number)				7	7
			Exports	7,570	9,900	13,100	16,400	8,440
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	66	61	59	56	64
			production	0	9,850	15,100
			Production				16,000	4,290
Nitrogen (fixed)-ammonia	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		215⁸	230.00^{8, 25}	225^{8, 36}
		Consumption				15,300
		Employment		2,500	2,500	2,500
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				192	121.00^{8, 36}
			Consumption	16,000	16,600
			Consumption Apparent				15,100	18,100
			Employment (number)				2,500	2,500
			Exports	200	200	435	500	614
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	18	20	13	14	18
			production	13,050	13,200	13,400
			Production				13,300	14,700
Peat	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		26.00⁸	27.00⁸	28.90⁸
		Consumption				1,240
		Employment		650	650	800
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				26.00⁸	24.07⁸
			Consumption	1,300	1,290
			Consumption Apparent				1,200	1,420
			Employment (number)				800	800
			Exports	23	20	19	20	30
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	49	55	56	58	52
			production	660	580	549
			Production				661	676
Perlite	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		31.15	29.40⁸	28.25⁸
		Consumption				771
		Employment		125	125	125
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				31.82⁸	31.91⁸
			Consumption	660	779
			Consumption Apparent				790	793
			Employment (number)				140	140
			Exports	24	25	38	38	42
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	8	8	11	11	14
			production	610	719	684
			Production				700	685
Phosphate Rock	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		22.00²¹	20.50⁸	23.40⁸
		Consumption				43,700
		Employment		5,200	5,000	5,000
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				23.70⁸	25.46⁸
			Consumption	42,000	43,600
			Consumption Apparent				42,500	(NA)⁶
			Employment (number)				5,000	5,000
			Exports	3,400	3,000	1,570	600	378
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	2				3
			production	41,000	45,500	45,400
			Production				45,900	44,200
Platinum-group Metals	Kilograms	Average Price		400²²	430.00²⁶	397.97^{19, 23}
		Consumption				(NA)⁶
		Employment		400	400	500
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				394.83	(NA)^{6, 19, 23}
			Consumption	127,000	(NA)⁶
			Consumption Apparent				(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
			Employment (number)				550	620
			Exports	90,000	47,000	39,587	60,100	51,811
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	91	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
			production	8,300	8,000	7,940
			Production				10,800	13,840
Pumice And Pumicite	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		28.22⁸	23.15⁸	24.19⁸
		Consumption				814
		Employment		55	55	70
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				27.9⁸	21.90⁸
			Consumption	637	763
			Consumption Apparent				830	847
			Employment (number)				70	75
			Exports	18	18	13	12	22
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	24	29	25	30	31
			production	485	544	612
			Production				577	583
Salt	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		112.00²³	115.00	120.54^{8, 25}
		Consumption				52,600
		Employment		4,150	4,150	4,150
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				120.00	114.93^{8, 25}
			Consumption	47,400	49,500
			Consumption Apparent				48,700	48,800
			Employment (number)				4,150	4,150
			Exports	700	825	869	675	731
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	19	15	19	14	17
			production	39,500	43,300	42,200
			Production				41,700	41,200
Silicon (contained)	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		44.1²⁴	54.50³⁷	0.64^{9, 26}
		Consumption				594
		Employment		(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				0.55	(NA)⁶
			Consumption	640	580
			Consumption Apparent				637	616
			Employment (number)				(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
			Exports	30	60	44	41	47
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	39	33	31	34	30
			production	390	390	412
			Production				430	429
Silver (contained)	Metric Tons	Average Price		5.30^{8, 25}	5.30¹⁸	5.19¹⁹
		Consumption				(NA)⁶
		Employment		1,000	1,000	1,400
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				4.89	5.54¹⁹
			Consumption	4,000	(NA)⁶
			Consumption Apparent				4,980	4,300
			Employment (number)				1,550	1,550
			Exports	1,600	1,500	1,570	3,080	3,330
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	5/	14
			production	1,400	1,500	1,570
			Production				2,180	2,060
Sodium Carbonate (soda Ash)	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		98.00	105.00^{8, 27}	105³⁰
		Consumption				6,470
		Employment		2,800	2,800	2,800
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				105	105.00³⁰
			Consumption	6,314	6,280
			Consumption Apparent				6,480	6,560
			Employment (number)				2,800	2,700
			Exports	2,900	3,600	3,840	4,000	3,660
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}
			production	9,100	9,800	10,200
			Production				10,700	10,100
Sodium Sulfate	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		114.00⁸	114.00²⁸	114³¹
		Consumption				690
		Employment		240	240	240
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				114	114.00³¹
			Consumption	712	675
			Consumption Apparent				636	555
			Employment (number)				240	(D)¹⁰
			Exports	85	70	86	86	90
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	14	15	13	10	4
			production	610	325	306
			Production				318	(D)¹⁰
Stone (crushed)	Million metric tons	Average Price		5.47⁸	5.48⁸	5.40⁸
		Consumption				1,338
		Employment		77,000	77,500	76,000
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				5.64⁸	5.39⁸
			Consumption	1,198	1,280
			Consumption Apparent				1,418	1,520
			Employment (number)				77,600	78,500
			Exports	5	6	3	4	4
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	0	0	0	0⁷	0
			production	1,195	1,280	1,330
			Production				1,410	1,510
Sulfur (all Forms)	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		45.00⁸	35.00^{8, 29}	34.11^{8, 37}
		Consumption				13,600
		Employment		3,100	3,100	3,100
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				36.06	29.14^{8, 37}
			Consumption	13,450	13,900
			Consumption Apparent				13,900	14,100
			Employment (number)				3,100	3,100
			Exports	850	1,000	893	742	940
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	16	18	13	13	18
			production	11,300	11,800	11,800
			Production				12,000	11,600
Talc	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		7-350²⁶	7-560⁸	111⁸
		Consumption				989
		Employment		800	750	750
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				118⁸	126.00⁸
			Consumption	944	970
			Consumption Apparent				992	990
			Employment (number)				750	700
			Exports	165	190	192	179	146
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}
			production	972	1,050	994
			Production				1,050	971
Thallium (contained)	Kilograms	Average Price⁵				1,200¹²
		Consumption				300
		Employment				0
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				1,280¹²	1280.00¹²
			Consumption Apparent				300	100
			Employment (number)				0⁷	0
			Exports			(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶	(NA)⁶
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}			100	100	100
			production			0
			Production				0	0
Tin (contained)	Metric Tons⁴	Average Price		2.46⁸	290.00⁹	2.88⁹
		Consumption				48,400
		Employment		5	(NA)⁶	0⁷
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				2.65⁹	2.64⁹
			Consumption	46,000	47,000
			Consumption Apparent				55,300	60,620
			Employment (number)				0⁷	11,100
			Exports	2,700	2,000	3,670⁴	4,660	5,020
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	84	84	83	86	85
			production	11,900⁴	11,900	11,640
			Production				12,370	16,100⁴
Titanium Dioxide	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		10.95	0.96^{9, 38}	1.09^{9, 27}
		Consumption				1,080
		Employment		4,600	4,600	5
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				1.05	0.98^{9, 27}
			Consumption	1,110	1,090
			Consumption Apparent				1,130	1,130
			Employment (number)				5	5
			Exports	344	381	332	405	398
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}
			production	1,250	1,280	1,230
			Production				1,340	1,330
Tungsten (contained)	Metric Tons	Average Price		45³⁷	60.00	66²⁸
		Consumption				10,800
		Employment		20	20	0
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				64	52.00²⁸
			Consumption	4,000³²	15,900³²
			Consumption Apparent				12,100	12,300
			Employment (number)				0⁷	0
			Exports	0	0	72	40	49
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	94	87	89	84	77
			production	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰	0
			Production				0	0
Vermiculite	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		(D)^{10, 18}	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰
		Consumption				(D)¹⁰
		Employment		230	230	230
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰
			Consumption	215	130
			Consumption Apparent				(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰
			Employment (number)				230	230
			Exports	5	5	8	8	11
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	12	15	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰
			production	190	170	(D)¹⁰
			Production				(D)¹⁰	(D)¹⁰
Zinc (contained)	1,000 Metric Tons	Average Price		46.4^{8, 27}	53.00³⁴	51.100⁹
		Consumption				1,450²⁹
		Employment		2,200	2,700	2,700
		Mineral Disposition	Average Price				64.600⁹	51.40⁹
			Consumption	1,350	1,210
			Consumption Apparent				1,480	1,580
			Employment (number)				2,500	2,400
			Exports	390	400	427	465	554
			Net Import Reliance^{1, 2}	41	41	33	35	35
			production	540	600	600
			Production				605	722

Footnotes

¹ Calculated as a percent of apparent consumption.

² Percent

³ Refinery production.

⁴ Secondary production.

⁵ Dollars.

⁶ Not available.

⁷ Represents zero.

⁸ Dollars per metric ton.

⁹ Dollars Per Pound

¹⁰ Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.

¹¹ Metal, vacuum-cast ingot.

¹² Dollars per kilogram.

¹³ Bulk, purified bromine.

¹⁴ 1- to 5-short ton lots.

¹⁵ Turkish, chromite price.

¹⁶ Columbite price.

¹⁷ Value of imports, dollars per carat.

¹⁸ Zone refined.

¹⁹ Dollars per troy ounce.

²⁰ Price of flake imports.

²¹ Year-end price.

²² Dollars per 76-pound flask.

²³ Dealer price of platinum.

²⁴ Price of K20, muriate.

²⁵ Vacuum and open pan, bulk, pellets and packaged, f.o.b. mine and plant.

²⁶ Ferrosilicon, 50% Si.

²⁷ Rutile, list, year-end.

²⁸ Dollars per unit W03 (7.93 kilograms of contained tungsten per unit).

²⁹ All forms.

³⁰ Quoted year-end price, dense, bulk, f.o.b. Green River, WY, dollars per short ton.

³¹ Quoted price, bulk, f.o.b. works, East, dollars per short ton.

³² Granulated pentahydrate borax in bulk, f.o.b mine.

³³ C.i.f. value, crude, per kilogram. 22 Price of eastern Canadian ore.

³⁴ Delivered, No. 1 Heavy Melting composite price.

³⁵ 46%-48% Mn metallurgical ore, per unit contained Mn, c.i.f. U.S. ports.

³⁶ F.o.b. gulf coast.

³⁷ Elemental sulfur, f.o.b. mine and/or plant.

³⁸ Price for imported zircon, f.o.b. U.S. east coast.

³⁹ Reported consumption.

⁴⁰ 99.97% indium.

⁴¹ Includes employment at calcining plants.

⁴² London Metal Exchange cash price.

Source

U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, annual.

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